Konrad Stangl

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Konrad Stangl (born September 18, 1913 in Heidenheim ; † October 1993 ) was a German lawyer , officer, most recently lieutenant general of the Bundeswehr, and pilot.

Life

Stangl was born in 1913 as the son of a lawyer. After graduating from high school in 1933 at a humanistic grammar school in Würzburg, he first began studying philosophy, psychology and medicine at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg . He was also a member of the Catholic youth movement Bund Neudeutschland (ND). On June 1, 1934, he joined the 21st (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment of the Reichswehr in Nuremberg as an officer candidate . He then switched to the newly founded Air Force on November 1, 1935, and took up pilot training at the Magdeburg Aviation School, which he continued from July 16, 1936 in Neuruppin . From November 2, 1936, he served in the Berlin Air Command before receiving his pilot's license on November 12, 1936 after completing his training. From February 1, 1937, he switched to the II. Group of Kampfgeschwader 153 as a pilot . This was in Finsterwalde and flew with twin-engined bombers of the type Dornier Do 23 , Junkers Ju 86 and Dornier Do 17. On March 15, 1937 he went to the II. Group of Kampfgeschwader 255 in Leipheim and then from November 15, 1937 to the Leipheim Aviation School . After switching to the Air War School in Wildpark-Werder on January 15, 1939 , he was promoted to lieutenant on February 1. From April 9, 1939, he took over the 3rd squadron of KGr.zbV 106 as squadron captain , before he attended a general staff course on December 1, 1941 at the Air War School in Berlin-Gatow . He completed this on September 30, 1942, and has been a captain since February 1. From October 1, 1942, there were staff assignments in the Reich Aviation Ministry , Luftflotte 3 , the Higher Fighter Pilot West, in the General Staff of the Air Force and in the II. Fighter Corps. After he was promoted to major on May 1, 1944, he joined the staff of the Reich Air Fleet as 3rd General Staff Officer in September 1944 and experienced the end of the war there.

After the Second World War he studied law at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel and the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. In 1949 he passed the trainee exam. In 1951 he was at Franz Tibor Hollós at the Law and Political Science Faculty of the University of Würzburg with a thesis on the rights of parents in the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany to the Dr. jur. PhD. In 1952 he passed the major state examination in law. From 1953 to 1955 he was legal advisor at the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) in Wiesbaden, and in 1955/56 he moved to the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) in Bonn.

In 1956 he joined the newly established Bundeswehr as a lieutenant colonel . He was a consultant and sub-department head in the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg) in Bonn. From 1961 to 1963 he was Brigadier General in command of the Air Force Officer School (OSLw) in Munich-Neubiberg and then in command of the 1st Air Force Division in Fürstenfeldbruck. In 1964 he was promoted to major general . In 1968 he was appointed commander in the military sector (WBK) VI for southern Germany in Munich. In 1969 he became lieutenant general and head of the personnel department at the BMVg in Bonn.

After his retirement, he became Vice President of the German Caritas Association .

Stangl, a Catholic, was married.

Awards

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey: Air Force Officer Career Summaries, Section S-Z. (PDF) 2017, p. 502 , accessed on July 12, 2020 (English).
  2. ^ Konrad Stangl: Parents' rights in the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany . Dissertation, University of Würzburg, 1951, p. 3.
personal data
SURNAME Stangl, Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Air Force officer
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidenheim
DATE OF DEATH October 1993